Hay-stacker



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HAY STAGKER.

Patented A111226, 1887.

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UNITED STATESv VArnim OFFICE.

FIDVARD FERDINAND SCHOIDER, OF HEPLER, KANSAS.

HAY-STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,722, dated April 26, 1887.

Application filed September 7, 1886. Serial No. 212,916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD FERDINAND SoHoLDER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Hepler, in the county of Crawford and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Haystackers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention Vrelates to improvements in hay-stackers; and it consists in certain novel features, hereinafter first fully described, and then specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hay-stacker embodying my invention, showing it adapted for use. Fig. 2 is a like view of the stacker, show.- ing it folded for transportation; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective View of the foot or runner.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the gures, A designates the supporting-frame of my improved hay-stacker; C, the vertical swinging standard, which is jointed to the supporting-frame in suchY manner that it can be very freely Inoved or swung from one side to the other; E, the adjustable arm carried by the swinging standard and inclined upwardly therefrom, so that it will discharge the hay or straw onto the center of the'stack,

and F the foot -or runner in which the lower end of the swinging standard is journaled or stepped, the peculiar construction of the several parts above mentioned being hereinafter fully described.

The supportingframe A comprises two diagonal standards, A', which meet at their upper ends and are there rigidly secured together by any preferred means, anda transverse bar, A?, connecting the said standards at an intermediate point of their length, to strengthen and brace the standards and add to the stability of the structure. The lower extremities of the diagonal standards are rounded or beveled at a, to adapt the standards to slide freely over the surface of the ground in moving or transporting the supporting-frame from one place to another, and to the said lower ends of the standards are secured swivels or loops a', which are pivotally connected thereto by transverse pins ai, so that thev swivels can be adjusted at an angle and out of line with the standards to permit the stakes B to be driven' (No model.)

therethrough, in order to secure the lower ends of the standards of the supporting-frame against movement or accidental displacement when the stacker is adjusted for use, as clearly shown in Fig. l ofthe drawings.

A strap, B', is affixed to the apeX of the supporting-frame A, formed by the upper meeting ends of the diagonal standards A', and this strap is formed into or provided with an eye or loop, b', with which engages a similar eye or loop, c, on a bracket-plate, c, that is rigidly affixed to o ne of the sides of the oscillating standard C, and at the upper extremity thereof, so that the upperend ofthe said vertical standard is swiveled to the apex of the supporting-frame, to adaptit to swing in either direction.

To the lower end of the oscillating standard Gis secured a plate, d, that is provided with an integral pin or trunnion, d, which projects beyond the lower extremity of the standard, and this pin or tfrunnion d is fitted or journaled in a socket, j', formed in the foot or runner F, the said foot or runner being arranged beneath the lower end of the standard, so that the latter will rest or bear thereonand be free to turn or rotate in the socket f in the said runner. y

The inclined arm E is normally held at an angle to-the upper end of the Vertical stand- A ard C, and the lower end of the said inclined arm is jointed to the upper end of the standard at e, to adapt the arm to be adj usted at varying angles to the standard and thus adjust the apparatus to stacks of different heights. held in its proper adjusted position by means of diagonal rods or bars E', which 'arepivotally connected at their upper ends to the arm at e', and pivotall y and adjustably connected at their lower ends to the oscillating standard C by means of a removable pivot pin or bolt,

G, passing through openings g in the lower- The said inclined arm is braced and ends of the arms, and one of a series of open- IOI) The foot or runner F consists of the parallel lside bars, f', which are beveled or inclined at their ends and on their under sides, to permit the bars to run or slide freely over the surface of the ground lwhen transporting. or moving the apparatus from one place or stack to another, and these side bars, f', are connected and braced by a transverse plate or bar, f2,

which is secured to the side bars, f', in any suitable manner, and to which the bearing f is secured, or in which the said bearing is formed. This foot or runner is held immovably in place when the apparatus is adj usted for use by means of stakes F,which are driven into the ground between the parallel side bars, j", and on opposite sides of the transverse connecting plate or barf2, as shown in Fig. 1.'

H designates a clamp which embraces the lower end of the oscillating standard, and to the free ends of the clamp is secured a bracket, h, which carries a pulley-block, I, which is swiveled or loosely connected to the bracket.

J designates a pulley-block, which is swiveled to the outer end of the inclined arm E of` the standard, and K is another block, which is swiveled to the inner end of the said inclined arm and in close proximity to the verticalswinging standard.

L designates an elevating cord or rope which passes through the pulley-blocks J K at the outer and inner ends of the inclined arm, thence downl along one of the sides of the ver' tical standard C and through the pulley-block I at the lower end of the standard. To the end d of the elevating-rope L which passes through th'e pulley-block I is connected or secured a whifiletree, l, to which the'draft-animal is hitched, as is usual,'and to the end of the said rope which passes through the block J is connected an elevating hay-fork, m, of any approved or preferred pattern.

M designates straining cords orropes,which are connected to thelower ends of the diagonal standards A of the supporting-frame,and to the transverse connecting-bar A2 of the said frame. y.

The oscillating standard C of the stacker is provided with a hook, n, to which the hayfork is connected, or from which it is suspended when the apparatus is being trans- I ported or moved from one place to another.

The operation of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings.

\Vhen the apparatus is adjusted for use, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, the oscillating standard C is stepped at its lower end inits proper place against accidental displacement by means of the stakes B, and the shoe or runner F is likewise held in place by the stakes F', as is obvious. is adjusted at the proper angle to the vertical standard, and the elevating-rope L passes freely through the pulley-blocks in order to raise and lower the hay-fork m at one end of the said rope L. The vertical standard Cean be easily and freely swung around after the fork m has been elevated, to properly discharge the hay or the contents thereof onto the stack, and the angle of the inclined arm can be varied according to the height of the stack.

When it is desired to move or transport the stacker from one place or stack to another, the pivot-bolt G is detached and the braces and inclined arm' are lowered, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The stakes B and F are drawn from engagement with the clevises of the frame A and the runner or shoe F, the fork m suspended lfrom the hook a of the standard C, the straining-cords M connected with the lower ends of the standards A and the runner F, as shown in Fig. 2, Ain orderto brace the standards and prevent them from The inclined arm E becoming displaced, and the whiflletree con- IOO it occupies but very little space, and can be set or adjusted against the wind, so that the latter w'ili not affect it while in operation.

By means of the swinging standard and the vinclined adjustable arm E at the upper end of the saine the hay can be discharged exactly in the middle of the stack at all times, which is very important in stacking the hay.

Having thus fully described my invention, whatl claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A hay-stacker comprising a base, a standard stepped in said base, a supporting-frame exibly connected to the standard at its upper end, and straining cords or wires carried by said supporting-frame and adapted to engage the base when the device is being transported, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD FERDINAND SCHOLDER.

Vitnesses:

THOMAS D oDD, ISAAC STEVENS. 

